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Armistead Maupin

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in Washington, D.C., The United States

May 13, 1944

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http://www.armisteadmaupin.com

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Literature & Fiction, Gay & Lesbian

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Armistead Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1944 but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean and with the River Patrol Force in Vietnam.

Maupin worked as a reporter for a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, before being assigned to the San Francisco bureau of the Associated Press in 1971. In 1976 he launched his groundbreaking Tales of the City serial in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volume Tales of the City series, Maybe the Moon, The Night Listener and, most recently, Michael Tolliver Lives. Three miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Ta ...more

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‘Tales of the City’ author Armistead Maupin says, ‘I surrendered my youth.’

BY DANNYE ROMINE POWELL [email protected] Who today even remembers that Armistead “Tales of the City” Maupin is from Raleigh? That’s right. The man who, in 1976, began chronicling the gay movement in San Francisco, came from a conservative family in … Continue reading

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Armistead Maupin's Books

Average rating: 4.02 · 89,718 ratings · 5,652 reviews · 48 distinct works · Similar authors

	Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 26,514 ratings — published 1978 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 11,147 ratings — published 1980 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 9,264 ratings — published 1982 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babycakes (Tales of the City, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 7,363 ratings — published 1984 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Significant Others 4.05 avg rating — 6,101 ratings — published 1987 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sure of You (Tales of the City, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,673 ratings — published 1989 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Michael Tolliver Lives (Tales of the City, #7) 3.88 avg rating — 5,236 ratings — published 2007 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City, #8) 3.97 avg rating — 4,248 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Listener 3.61 avg rating — 4,348 ratings — published 2000 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9) 3.99 avg rating — 3,583 ratings — published 2014 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tales of the City (9 books)
by Armistead Maupin
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Quotes by Armistead Maupin

“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”
― Armistead Maupin, More Tales of the City

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“If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A black shelf, a women's shelf, and a gay shelf.”
― Armistead Maupin

tags: bookstores, minorities

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“I know I can't tell you what it's like to be gay. But I can tell you what it's not. It's not hiding behind words, Mama. Like family and decency and Christianity.”
― Armistead Maupin

tags: bigotry, christianity, coming-out, equality, family, gay

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